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This guide for the evaluation of school libraries both in practice and in research covers analysis, techniques, and research practices for conducting evaluations of curriculum, collections, facilities, and library personnel performance.This new edition of an important tool for school librarians and administrators describes how and why to conduct evaluations of school libraries and explains the evaluation of curriculum, collections, facilities, student programs and services, and library personnel. The results can be used for strategic planning, curriculum development, and conducting action research.New topics to this edition include explorations of community, faculty, students, and school library research, discussing how to bring all stakeholders to the table when evaluating the school library program, personnel and services, and the collection and facilities. Other new topics include information on high-stakes testing, multiculturalism, special needs students, advocacy, school librarians' self-evaluation, dispositions for learning, and evidence-based practice. This title will be of value to new school librarians in assessing how their program compares to others, as well as to school library professors, who will find this book useful in management and administration courses.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Nancy Everhart is professor at the iSchool at Florida State University. She is an award-winning researcher and author of more than 100 professional articles focusing on school librarians and school libraries.

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Offers clear guidance on the kind of fully data-driven approach to program and collection analysis that will yield lasting change and improvement. * Booklist Online *

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This guide for the evaluation of school libraries both in practice and in research covers analysis, techniques, and research practices for conducting evaluations of curriculum, collections, facilities, and library personnel performance.

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This new edition of an important tool for school librarians and administrators describes how and why to conduct evaluations of school libraries and explains the evaluation of curriculum, collections, facilities, student programs and services, and library personnel. The results can be used for strategic planning, curriculum development, and conducting action research. New topics to this edition include explorations of community, faculty, students, and school library research, discussing how to bring all stakeholders to the table when evaluating the school library program, personnel and services, and the collection and facilities. Other new topics include information on high-stakes testing, multiculturalism, special needs students, advocacy, school librarians' self-evaluation, dispositions for learning, and evidence-based practice. This title will be of value to new school librarians in assessing how their program compares to others, as well as to school library professors, who will find this book useful in management and administration courses.

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"Offers clear guidance on the kind of fully data-driven approach to program and collection analysis that will yield lasting change and improvement." - Booklist Online

Details ISBN1440855862 Short Title Evaluating the School Library Language English Year 2020 Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1440855862 ISBN-13 9781440855863 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-10-14 DEWEY 025.1978 UK Release Date 2020-10-14 Place of Publication Englewood Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-10-14 NZ Release Date 2020-10-14 US Release Date 2020-10-14 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint Libraries Unlimited Inc Audience Professional & Vocational Author Nancy Everhart PH.D. Pages 194 Audience Age 7-17 Edition Description 2nd edition Subtitle Analysis, Techniques, and Research Practices We've got this

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